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gptkbp:instanceOf
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scientific research
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Eddington's_1919_eclipse_expedition
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gptkbp:conductedBy
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gptkb:Arthur_Eddington
gptkb:Frank_Watson_Dyson
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gptkbp:date
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1919
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gptkbp:dateOfSolarEclipse
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29 May 1919
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Eddington experiment
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gptkbp:influenced
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acceptance of Einstein's theories
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:PrÃncipe
gptkb:Sobral,_Brazil
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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widespread international attention
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gptkbp:method
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observed starlight deflection during solar eclipse
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society
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gptkbp:purpose
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test general relativity
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Arthur_Eddington
gptkb:Einstein
gptkb:Frank_Watson_Dyson
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gptkbp:result
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confirmed light bending predicted by general relativity
challenged Newtonian gravity
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gptkbp:significance
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first experimental confirmation of general relativity
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gptkbp:testedBy
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gptkb:Einstein's_general_theory_of_relativity
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:1919_total_solar_eclipse
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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